Display device.



J. STRANDERS.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY2, 1913,

Patented June 2, 1914.

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JUILIEN STRANDERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED STATES PRINT- ING- & LITHOGRAPH COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented. June 2, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JULIEN Srnnnnnns, a

, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in New York, inthe borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display-devices of that kind which are intended to be set up in show-windows after they have been opened up from their folded or collapsed condition', and for this purpose the invention consists of a display-device comprising a supportin step-shaped rear-member, frontmembers hinged to the edges of the steps of the rear-member and overlapping each other, and a stay hinged to the center-line of the rear-member and rovided with steps for engaging the individual front-members and placing thereby the rear-member and front-members into curved or convex position, as will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front-view of my improved display-device shown in set-up position for use, Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on line 2-2, Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the display-device, showing it in flat and folded or collapsed condition, and Fig. 4 is a plan-view of Fig. 1, the arrow in said figure indicating the direction of folding the interior stay of the device to the rear-member when collapsing the display-device into folded condition.

Similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts throughout the different figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, a represents the step-shaped rear-member of my improved display-device. To the edges of the stepshaped portions of the rear-member aare connected by means of hinge-flaps a a plurality of individual transverse front-members a, each of which is of greater height than the height of the step-shaped portions of the rear-member a, so that the upper edge of the lowermost front-member a. overlaps the next adjacent or second member, the second member the third, and so on, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. Between the step-shaped rear-member a and the individual transverse front-members a is interposed a step-shaped stay (1, which is connected by a hinge-flap d with the rear-member a in such a manner that: the inner edge of the stay is located in ahnement with t e centerlinc of, the rearmember. The stay (1 is provided with steps (I which engage the lower edges of the front-member a and serve for supporting the individual front-members at their lower edges when the stay cl is laced in position normal to the rear and ront members, as shown in Fig. 4:. In this position of the stay (Z the rear and front members are flexed into convex or curved shape, the front-members being spaced a art from each other according to the wi th of the steps of the stay. The faces of the front-members are utilized for representing articles of merchandise in an effective manner, likewise the projecting end of the uppermost front-member. The display-device is preferably made of cardboard throughout, but it is obvious that other flexible or yieldable material can be used. The display-device is stored and shipped in the folded or collapsed condition shown in Fig. 3, and set up for use in the show-windows by bringing the stay from its position on one side of the rear-member into the forward position shown in Fig. 4,

by which the front-members are spaced from each other and placed into convex position to the flexed rear-member, forming thereby an effective device for advertising purposes.

I have shown an embodiment of my invention, but changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A display-device, comprising a vertical rear-member, a vertical front-member, one of said members having its ends hingedly connected directly to the other member, and said members intermediate the hinged portions thereof being of the same length so as to be parallelly superposed when in collapse, and a vertical stay hinged to one of said members for flexing the members into extended position and convex shape.

2. A display-device, comprising a rearmember having its vertical edges arranged step-shaped, a plurality of front-members,.

each connected at opposite ends to the stepshaped portions on opposite edges, and a stay vertically arranged and hinged to the rear-member and adapted to be moved into position for flexing the members into convex shape.

3. A display-device, comprising a vertiengaging the respective front-members, and cally-arranged step-shaped rear-member, a said stay being vertically arranged, each plurality of front-members each hinged to front member extending over the lower edge the opposite vertical edges of the stepof the adjacent front member thereabove. 16 she d portions of the rear-member, the In testimony that I claim the foregoing end s of the front-members being in direct as my invention, I have signed my name in connection with the rear-member, and a, presence of two subscribing witnesses.

step-shaped stay hinged to the center-line JULIEN TRANDERS. of the rear-member and adapted-to be moved Witnesses: intermediate the rear-member and the re- 7 PAUL GoEPnL,

spective front-members, the steps of the stay JOHN MURTAGH. 

